1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
Tolerances for quality production
Design of components for assembly
Design for automated assembly
Design of components for various production processes,
including mould castings, plastic moulding, die casting,f
orging, sheet-metal forming, machining, welding and
powder metallurgy
Design of tools for forming processes
Design and selection of cutting tools
Logic circuit design
Design of pneumatic and hydraulic circuits
Recommended Reading
Bralla, J., Handbook of Product Design for Manujkcturing, Society
of Manufacturing Engineers, 1986
Dieter, G.E., Engineering Design: A Materials and Processng
Approach, McGraw-Hill, 1991
Smith, D., Die Design/Metal forming, Society of Manufacturing
Eneineers. 1990.
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MM370 Manufacturing Technology ~-fic
12 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
assignmats and tests
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing - Production stream)
Content
Sheetmetal work: presses; classification, drive systems and
mechanisms, evaluation of different types, operation,
applications, selection. Press feed mechanisms; types,
advantages and disadvantages, applications. Die cushions.
Bending of sheetmetal; analysis of die types, forces, recoil,
springback, blank development. Deep drawing; planning,
force requirements, variables, effects of clearance, cutting
with shear, stripping force. Materials selection for press
forming; general requirements, mechanical tests, tensile test,
analysis of stress-strain curves and parameters, r and n
values, tests to simulate processes, stretch forming tests, deep
drawing tests, bending tests, forming-limit diagrams,
applications. Function and terminology for die components;
blanking dies, commercially available die sets, punches and
accessories.
Numerical control; introduction to NC machine tools,
comparison with conventional, hardware configurations,
sofftware implementation, control systems, machine control
subject, feedback, sensitivity. NC system components;
comparison of actuation systems, electric, hydraulic,
pneumatic. Design considerations for NC machine tools;
design differences between conventional and NC machines,
mechanical design considerations, control system design
considerations. System input/output; types of input media,
symbolic codes, tape input format, communication with
MCU. NC programming; programming methods, computer
assisted NC programming [processors, post; processors],
part programming languages APT. Computer Numerical
Control (CNC), Direct Numerical Control (DNC);
comparison, management implications.
Plastics and rubbers; overview of processes. Melt forming,
rheology, mathematiccal analysis of pseudoplastic, dilatent,
newtonian flow, time dependant flow, thixotropy, viscosity,
tractional viscosity. Extrusion defects; causes and
prevention. Extrusion die design. Single and multiple screw
extrusion; hardware and product characteristics. Injection
moulding; mould design, basics of the moldflow philosophy,
cooling systems. Thermoforming die design. Elastomers; C
black, other additives, compounding. Compression and
injection moulding.
Recommended reading
Crawford, R.J., Plastics Engineering. 2nd edn, Oxford, Pergamon
Press, 1987
Groover, M.P., Automation, Production Systems and Computer
Integrated Manufacturing. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Hall, 1987
Harris, J.N., Mechanical Working of Metals. Oxford, Pergamon,
1983
Kalpakjian, S., Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials.
2nd edn, Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1991
MM380 Productivity Improvement ?&& ri )
4 credit points 2 hours per week (1 sem.) Hawthorn
Assessment: final examination and assignments
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing)
Content
Productivity definition, social and economic implications,
waste reduction attitudes. Productivity measurement
systems and benchmarking.
Work study method study, time measurement, (stopwatch,
predetermined methods, work sampling).
Value analysis and engineering.
Ergonomics basic ideas related to method study.
Laboratory exercises will be conducted on relevant issues.
Recommended reading
Doty, Leonard, A. Work Methods and Measurement. Delman, 1989
ILO Introduction to Work Study, 3rd rev. edn, I.L.O., 1986
Kobayashi, I. Twenty keys to Workplace Improvement,
Productivity Press, 1990
Kato, K., Productivity Through Motion Study. Productivity Press,
1991
Kaydos, W., Productivity, Improvement, Management and
Measurement. Productivity Press, 1991
Shiudata, I., Productivity Through Process Analysis. Productivity
Press, 1991
MM381 Managerial Economics ? i g S ho7'c' '
4 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
assignments and examinations
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
Vanufacturing)
Content
I. Economics and finance
Topics will be drawn from
Supply and demand, elasticity, pure competition,
monopoly and oligopoly
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